If your building is just a tad too tall, call this guy. “Stupid is as stupid does” according to philosopher Forrest Gump. Well, as our Holy Crap Files films continually prove, there is certainly some truth in that. How else to you explain this attempt to demolish a building from the middle? Seriously, what did…Read moreRead more
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Demolition planned for deadly Leeds building…
Landlord submits demolition plans for building in which “urban explorer” died. Demolition could take place at the site where a 14-year-old Leeds boy died after falling through the roof of a disused industrial building. The landowner, Landmark Estates, has made a planning application to knock down a warehouse and office at Canal Wharfe on Wyther…Read moreRead more
Breaking News – Man killed in church collapse…
Man dies after Splott incident. A man has died after being trapped in rubble when a church collapsed near a railway line in Cardiff. Firefighters, rescue dogs and a drone had been searching for the man in the wreckage of the derelict church in Splott, which collapsed at about 14:50 BST. Two people escaped from…Read moreRead more
Site deaths down, mesothelioma deaths up…
HSE figures show continued rise in asbestos-related deaths. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has released its annual figures for work-related fatalities, as well as the number of people known to have died from the asbestos-related cancer, mesothelioma, in 2015. 30 fatal injuries to construction and demolition workers were recorded. While this accounts for the…Read moreRead more
Video – Somebody up there loves this guy…
Bucket near miss captured on camera. The Holy Crap Files, our YouTube channel dedicated to bringing you the most jaw-dropping films from the demolition world, has been expanded by a new film capturing an incident that could have been SO MUCH worse. As you will see from the brief film below, an excavator bucket falls…Read moreRead more
Comment – Who would be a site manager now…?
Changes proposed by the UK’s Sentencing Council could see longer jail terms for site managers and other site workers implicated in a Corporate Manslaughter case.
Demo man jailed over trench collapse death…
Corporate manslaughter charge over site death. A site manager has been jailed for four years after a ground worker died when a trench wall collapsed on top of him. Shane Wilkinson, 33, died on 4 September 2014 at a building site in Collyweston, Northamptonshire. Andrew Winterton was convicted of gross negligence manslaughter at Northampton Crown…Read moreRead more
Video – Bridge demolition halted over debris concerns…
Crews forced to stop work after concrete falls from New York bridge, damaging cars beneath. Demolition work on a New York bridge has been halted after falling debris damaged cars on the streets below. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey says chunks of concrete fell off the Bayonne Bridge early Monday and…Read moreRead more
Breaking News – Excavator falls through floor of snooker hall…
Company snookered after machine crashes through floor. A Nottinghamshire-based demolition company has been left red-faced and blue, a ittle green around the gills and receiving black looks after one of its machines fell through the floor during the demolition of a former Rhyl snooker hall. The incident has happened at the Breaks Snooker Club –…Read moreRead more
MP calls for demolition of tower blocks…
Iain Duncan Smith has called for demolition of tower blocks in wake of Grenfell disaster. placing them with “proper family friendly housing”. Iain Duncan Smith said people do not want to live in tower blocks. Speaking to LBC’s Andrew Pierce he said: “I’ve yet to meet a constituent who has ever said to me ‘I…Read moreRead more
